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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Nov 11, 2011

    The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.

    ESRB rating confirms decapitations

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    #1  Edited By DaemonBlack

    The ESRB rating for Skyrim recently came out, revealing an M for mature rating (not surprising) and something else interesting..

    "As players engage in melee-style combat, some sequences are highlighted by slow-motion effects, particularly for decapitations. Large blood-splatter effects also occur during combat, and some environments are stained with blood or body parts (e.g., heads impaled on spikes). Some sequences allow players to injure/kill nonadversary characters, including prisoners chained to a wall; they scream in pain amid splashes of blood or fire."

    I wished the previous Elder Scroll's had more visceral melee combat. So far the kill animations have seemed to improve that a lot, but slow motion decapitations? Awesome.

    Anyone else as excited about this as me?

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    I am quite excited about the kill animations. It'll definitely spice up the combat.

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    #3  Edited By PeasantAbuse

    Canceling my pre-order, I am highly offended.

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    #5  Edited By FritzDude

    I always find it amusing that ESRB manage to write the gameplay of games in a way that it sounds just plain cruel and violent, while in reality it's not.

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    #6  Edited By mikemcn

    Well there sorta has to be, Fallout 3/ New Vegas was decapi-riffic!

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    #7  Edited By DaemonBlack

    @Subjugation: Gah crap.. I looked to see if there was too, apparently not hard enough.

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    #8  Edited By fjordson

    Yeah, Pete Hines said on Twitter that it's a perk for one-handed weapons. Elder Scrolls version of Bloody Mess it would seem.

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    #9  Edited By matt_wickstrom

    ...and I thought this game couldn't get any better!

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    #10  Edited By Mr_Skeleton

    So no lobster monsters?

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    #11  Edited By beckley205

    Dont cut off the mudcrabs head! He was so young....

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    #12  Edited By Gabriel

    People need to stop posting every detail about this game.

    "YO ELDER SCROLLS GONNA HAVE VAMPIRES!!!!

    "THERE WILL BE CRAFTING!!!"

    "YOU CAN KILL PEOPLE WITH YOUR HANDS!!!"

    ELDER SCROLLS V WILL HAVE GUILDS!!!!"

    "YOU CAN BE TOO WEAK TO KILL ENEMIES!!!"

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    @Gabriel said:

    People need to stop posting every detail about this game.

    "YO ELDER SCROLLS GONNA HAVE VAMPIRES!!!!

    "THERE WILL BE CRAFTING!!!"

    "YOU CAN KILL PEOPLE WITH YOUR HANDS!!!"

    ELDER SCROLLS V WILL HAVE GUILDS!!!!"

    "YOU CAN BE TOO WEAK TO KILL ENEMIES!!!"

    It's like Halo3 all over again.

    "HALO3 WILL HAVE 4-PLAYER COOP"

    "HALO3 WILL HAVE FLAMETHROWERS"

    "HALO3 IS 99.9% DONE TILL GOLD"

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    #14  Edited By RaikohBlade

    Just decapitations? How about limb dismemberment? You know, if you wanna turn an enemy into a quadruple amputee. Or that beggar.

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    #15  Edited By Twitchey

    @PeasantAbuse said:

    Canceling my pre-order, I am highly offended.

    I just pre ordered Skyrim twice.

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    #16  Edited By Twitchey

    @Fjordson said:

    Yeah, Pete Hines said on Twitter that it's a perk for one-handed weapons. Elder Scrolls version of Bloody Mess it would seem.

    I'm happy there is some Fallout influence inside of TES.

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    #17  Edited By sreya92

    Decapitations are cool I guess as long as they're not excessive. If everytime I kill someone their head goes flying it's going to get annoying

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    #18  Edited By JP_Russell

    Interesting. Interactive gore effects like that will be a first for Elder Scrolls, as far as I'm aware, even if it is a canned effect.

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